List Building - Plow Through the Tough Stuff or Hire Somebody!

Running into a technical stop sign, when doing the mechanicals on building a squeeze page for your list can be a real deterrent to getting things done. Don't get frustrated and walk away, get answers. If you're thinking about highlighting your text or adding audio, what do you do?

First, I can tell you that you aren't alone. I run into stuff like this all the time. Believe that the solution is out there; you just have to find it. Take some time to look for an answer, but not too much so that you get hung up on the problem and can't proceed. You should be getting people for your list!

Building your list is the most important thing you can do when you're starting out. If you don't take the squeeze page and get it up online quickly, you won't build that list.

Just remember not to waste time. Focus on building your list. If you can't solve your problem in under and hour, and it's not really important, forget the highlighted text and sound. Just get your page up and start building your list. You can customize it after it's up and running. Get that list building myfirstlist.com before you do anything else.

Here's something else you can do. Look for a webmaster. Or go to Google and search "webmasters." Call someone local, if you can, then give them 30 seconds to give you an answer. Say, "You'll have me as a new account, if you can answer this question in 30 seconds or less."

When your question is answered, you have proven that they know more about web development than you do. You'll also find someone who's probably pretty flexible and willing to compromise. Be nice to them and pay them around $100 to develop a small site for you. Tell them you want it simple and soon. Never forget that it's all about building your list. You can find people at eLance.com, too, but it's always better to find someone local.

What happens is that suddenly, you have a local connection, someone who can do the things you can't. I have 5-6 tech people that answer questions for me because I don't want to take time to learn this stuff. But if you get stuck, you can always type your question into Google and find an answer pretty quickly.

Tellman Knudson is CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc. and a master of list building. Learn the 9 Laws of List Building at MyFirstList.com